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FISHING FLEET IN
FURIOUS GALE...
DISASTROUS LOSSES IN THE
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EAST ANGLIA HAVOC.
London, Nov. 13,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929.
OWEN HUGHES HITS A CENTURY.
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ether boundary over the hand of the lips, and put 250 up. The oxtel score was 252, Hongkong beug 104 on with two wickets to full.
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KIDNAPPED MAN RETURNS.
MYSTERIOUS SEQUEL TO A TIENTSIN CRIME.
NO EXPLANATION.
Tientsin, Nov. 13.
Mr. Aaron Brenner, who was the victim of a daring kidnapping outrage last Thursday evening. returned to his residence. this morning in a highly nervous con- He was unable to make dition. any coherent statement regarding either the kidnapping or his re- lease.
RAI 264, Bostock-HIll resumed at the Supreme Court end, and Owen The severo gale which swept Hughes reached eighty us the re- Great Britain, the Channel and thesult of a misthrow at his wickets North Sea on Monday, created fearful have among a huge Brial Singh. He had been in
for two hours. tish fishing teet, It has just been
Refd was given out leg before to revealed.
Bostock-Hill. It was an obvious An announcement to this affect error. He had scored six runs was made by Mr. William Adam-only but he assisted in a partner- son, the Secretary for Scotland, ship which put on 37 runs in 35 in the House of Commons this minutes.-261-9-6. " atternoon. He said he was griev ed to have to announce a disaster with sucessive bails, both of to $50,000, but Mr. Bronner's off the East Anglian coast on Mon-which narrowly missed his off day afternoon to the Scottish stump. A third ball of a similar ly dangerous kind went for four byes.
fishing fleet.
The fleet left in the early hours of the morning before the gale warning reached the Skipper, and proceeded to the fishing grounds where they shot their nets at about one o'clock in the afternoon. A gule of great fury swept the fleet soon afterwards with the result that two drifters were sunk and three lives were lost....
Jansen almost got Owen Hughes
Owen Hughes". Century. Owen Hughes reached 90 and put 270 up by palling Bostock-Hill to the leg boundary. Another four, a square cut, brought the score to 274, the highest total of the Interport series, Hongkong's 272 against Shanghai being the previous best.
Bowker smacked Jansen to the leg boundary, making his first score. The total was 278, exactly 100 runs having been added in 95 minutes.
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It is stated that last night the. kidnappers reduced their ransom
brother dentes that any money was paid over to the gang respon- sible for the outrage.
Up to the present, no explana- tion of Mr. Brenner's release has been forthcoming.
The
The circumstances of the kid- nanning of Mr. Brenner, who is a partner in the far firm of Brenner Brothers, of Tientsia and New. York, are still indefinite. first intimation of the attack was in the shape of a letter handed In to the Kiessling Cafe stating that Mr. Brenner had been kidnapped. Written in the victim's own hand- writing, the letter stated that a Owen Hughes reached his cen-ranaom of half a million dollars The letter, also tury amid resounding applause. was demanded. The stroke was a two shot off Lai outlined the arangements for the Singh following a boundary hit off payment of the ransom. ...the same bowler, and it seemed
more like a leg bye.
In addition, some two hundred vessels from Lowestoft lost 11,000 nets and 400 vessels front Yar mouth lost twenty thousand nets. The present value of the nets was about £90,000 and the cost of their replacement would be about £150,000-British Wireless.
DISASTROUS" CANTON BLAZE
BUILDINGS DESTROYED ON HONAM ISLAND.
Canton, Nov. 14.
A disastrous fire broke out near the Canton Cement Works on Honam Island yesterday, resulting in the destruction of numerous buildings and heavy damage to others.
The fire broke out near the eastern part of the Cement Works, and it soon assumed alarming proportions, necessitating the calf- ing out of all the fire-fighting forces both of Honam and Canton. Fortunately, the Cement Works were not damaged..
The outbreak was quelled at about 10 p.m., and although the full extent of the damage is not known it is obviously very heavy. There were
casualties, Nam Chung Pa.
STORM BREWING IN BELGIUM.
COALITION, GOVERNMENT MAY BREAK UP.
Smith went on in an attempt to Anish off the innings. Bowker sent up an easy catch to Jansen and was dropped!
Two hundred and ninety went up after 250 minutes. 112 in 100 minutes this morning.
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Later, the ransom was reduced to $300,000, the name of the person to whom it was to be paid being mentioned in another communica- tion. A Russian woman arrested on suspicion, it being, be- lieved that the "gang responsible for the outrage consisted of well dressed Russians who have recent-
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At 299, Hopkins came on at thefly been operating in Russia and Supreme Court end. Bowker hit Harbin. to the boundary. 300 appearing after 255 minutes all told.
Fine Innings Ends.
The American Consular officers
co-operated with the Police both in the Concession and the Special This was the last scored how-Areas in an endeavour to locate ever, Owen Hughes being bowled Mr. Brenner-Reuter. by Lal Singh. He had made 108 runs in 155 minutes. His part- nership with Bowker put on 42 in half an hour. In the course of the morning he scored 79 runs in 110 minutes, without giving a chance, scoring with remarkable freedom at certain periods, but being always careful to pick out the right ball to hit.
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REPARATIONS BANK SCHEME.
COMMITTEE NOW REACHES
A DECISION...
Baden-Baden, Nov. 13.
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It was a magnificent effort and puts 1 second Hongkong victory
The committee formed by the five among the list of "stone certain-creditor owers to organise the In- ties.". ".
ternational Settlements Bank under the Young reparations plan has signed an agreement.
Bowker had scored eleven only, hitting out in the last couple of avers: With a score of 303. Hongkong were 155 runs ori.
Malaya were to have five minutes play before tiffin, but light rain began to fall and the match was ad- journed.
BENCH DECLINE TO BARGAIN.
HOW YOUNG MAN'S IDENTITY
Brussels, Nov. 14. The Government, which is a coalition of Liberals and Catholics. is heading for disaster on the issue which the Premier, M. Jaspar, up- on his election five months ago, was
essentially
WILL BE REVEALED.
A well-dressed young man, who arrosted in Bowes Park declared was an essential task of Wesleyan Church was charged at, the new Logislature, namely the Enfield with stealing boxing gloves language question.
and books from the Institute adjoin The Premier accepted the con- tention of the Catholics that Ghenting the church
refused to give his name and "must become ар Flemish University, but the Liddress, but said that he would do- berals oppose the proposition in so if the Magistrates would authorise tones leaving little doubt of an im. a plain clothes officer to go with him, when he would show him where he minent break-up of the coalition,
lived. with small prospect of an alterna-
Sir Henry Bowles (chairman) de tive Government al present visible us the Socialists are the second clined to enter into any bargain, and largest party but far short of a said, "If we keep you long enough you will be posted se missing, and bare majority.-Reuter.
them, we shall find out all about
NAVAL CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS.
you"
The document will now go to Brussels for signature by the chief Belgian delegates, who have already left the conference.
It will be recalled that last week- end, after deliberating for five wecks, the committee reached a de- cision that the headquarters of the Bank shall be in Switzerland, at Basle. The decision was arrived at in the absence of the Belgian re Presentatives, who wanted Brussels to be its headquarters.
Sir Charles Addis and Mr. W. E. Luyton represented Great Britain on the committee, the president of which was Mr. E. Reynolds, president of the First National Bank, New York-Reuter,
ROBBERY SEQUEL.
FOUR MEN NOW UNDER ARREST.
The arrest of three suspectin addition to the man who was ap prehended immediately after the affair, has been reported by the police as resulting from investiga-
The young man was remanded in. tions carried out in connexion with custody.
PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PREMIER MR. PATRICK DUFF RECEIVES
E APPOINTMENT.
London, Nov. 13.
the attempted robbery of a cattle- dealer at Mataukok Road, on Tues day morning.
Four men took part in the crime, and the interesting feature is re- INFORMAL ANGLO-JAPANESE
called that, singlehanded, the CONVERSATIONS. "
would-be victim turned the tables London, Nov. 13.
on the robbers, forcing them to flee and seizing one man in a chase The Prime Minister and the
that ensued. This man was hand- Japanese Ambassader have begun
The Premier has appolated Mr.ed over to Inspector Phillips, who a series of informal talks with the Patrick Duff to be his principal hansened to be near at hand. idea of reaching an agreement on Private Secretary in succession to All four men appeared before Mr. the important naval subjects which Sir Robert Vansittart, who has been T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon appear on the agenda of the Five-appointed Permanent Under-Secre- Magistracy this morning and were Power Conference to be held in tary of State at the Foreign Office. formally remanded for one week for
-Britiak Wireless.
further enquiries.
London in January."
It is anticipated that the Japan- G'a-delegates to the Conference will number about fifty,
The Japanese Ambassador is also conferring with the French and Italian Ambassadors.-Reuter,
BRITAIN & IRAK.
NOW TREATY AFTER LEAGUE
ADMISSION.
London, Nov. 18.
U. S. WAR SECRETARY. GRAVE CONDITION AFTER OPERATION.
Washington, Nov. 13. The Secretary for War, Mr. James W. Good, has been operated on for appendicitis.
His condition is extremely seri- ous-Reuter's American Service.
WEATHER REPORT.
MINING SITUATION IMPROVES.
DEFINITE PROGRESS MADE IN DISCUSSIONS.
London, Nov. 13. . It is stated that definite progress was made in yesterday's discussions between the Cabinet Coal Com mittee and the Executive of the
Miners Federation, enabling the
In the House of Commons, Mr. W. The Royal Observatory reports Lunn, Under Secretary for the that the anticyclone is now central Government to proceed immediately Colonies, announced the intention var North Japan, and fresh mon-
with the first Bill relating to work- of the Government to negotiate acon, will prevall along the S.E..
ing hours and the marketing of coal. new Treaty with the Government Coast of China and over the Nor Tas Colliery owners of South of Irak which should come into
noon to-morrow is NE. Winds Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY force when Irak had been admitted thern China Sea The forecast Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, in
the League of Nations, fresh, cloudy, probably some drizzle
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